High School Janitor Walks Into Gymnasium to Clean a Mess, Then Gets the Surprise of His Life

A HS janitor went to the gym to clean up a 'mess', and was shocked at what the students and faculty did for him
They gave him a nice surprise when he showed up....$$$$$$$

Wednesday marked the last day of school for students in Anderson County and they celebrated by surprising a staff member with a special gift.

They gave janitor Ricky Spaulding enough money to see his family stationed overseas. Excited students and staff poured into the Anderson County High
School gym for a pep rally which was the part of the cover for the surprise.

"They said they had a spill and of course that's my job so I went to clean the spill up," Spaulding said.
But instead of a mess, they presented him with a bag of money the students had collected totaling $1,900.

"My son is stationed in Italy and we are going to see him," Spaulding said. "Words can't describe the joy that I feel right now."

Sad times when we can't even join our distant family members.. Money holds us too tightly, hopefully sometime in the near future we can all be free
from its grasp and trot about freely as we please, slave to no utilities or subscriptions.

Kudos to this situation, each glint of humanity that shines through reaffirms my belief that there is good to be found.

S&F for always sharing something that shows the best in people. These days it is very easy to feel like the bad outweighs the good. It's even easier
to feel like you might be the only caring person left on the planet some days.

These stories always give me hope for humanity and a niggling suspicion that the good people do outweigh the bad folks... it's just that the good
folks rarely get the air time they deserve.

In this case, I would just about guarantee that the janitor would've been just as happy knowing that so many people knew he existed and cared about
what his existence was like without ever receiving a penny. That's just one more reason I love seeing people like this catch a break.

I hope his trip is everything he dreamed it would be, and I hope that everyone involved in this know how many people it affected.

Haha.
I've had some close family members who have been custodians and with the stuff they put up with, they deserve some accolades like this.
If they weren't there, the place would go downhill in a matter of hours.

I think we should never "lose faith in humanity", as is so commonly said.

Humanity is what it is. Its always been what it is today, for the most part. We have had a fair number of complete dimwits live and die over the
ages. I am certain that Honey-boo-boo and Snooki aren't the pinnacle of mendacity, despite our obvious misgivings. And I am certain that men have
been reviled as much as (insert political/religious figure here).

This man was the benefactor of kids, who tend to be more giving with what they have. And to be honest, he seemed like a really good guy. But even if
he were a massive jerk, he would still benefit from a trip to see his son. And I cannot find anything bad to say about that.

I love stories like this, we need them now more than ever. We human beings need to be good to one another, and it's so much easier said than done
because of the World of greed that we all live in, and are trying survive through. If we all tried to help each other, or at the very least just be
kind to each other, it would be a much better place to live.

It's amazing what the power of a kind gesture can do. Course I know that would not fix everything, I understand the reality of this World, but it
sure would be a nice start. ~$heopleNation

Ummm...What you really meant to say was..."Damn...I wonder if they had given him an appreciation raise...instead, he might have just saved his
money...and bought his own freaking tickets".....................What a concept

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